Show 00 discussion FISCUS s lately have been be ft flowing ng wit with h the len length g th and turbulence of MI midwestern dw estern rivers river concerning the names of allaro all brouna urno stars 1 in the these arguments many lofb ol 01 t them e m started in army camps we ha have v e lad had such names as jim thorpe bro bronko ko I 1 sammy baugh ind and many others othera As a composite star we have just icard heard from an old friend we it like to enter ele in this corn petition petition on in an any mass man formation formati ont of Proon prominent ment celebrities tie his name might be swept aside al 4 here bere are his baet y fi a pound plunging TOTA it h hard ard in hitting in ng full 1 gwi back at vanderbilt vanderbilt a around r aund 1908 lugh high A aa 0 class college boxer boer Grantlan rice dRice pro professor e sioux of eng list at amberst h erst author ot of five volumes volume of extremely high class verse largely sonnets now in addition to his english teaching a er in charge bar of bs boxing 1 at amherst E I 1 along long the lines of 0 war tram ing his name is david morton one me of dan mcgugin a favorite football players and one me of amherst a best liked professors dave morton couldn coulden t hit the line with thorpe or or pass like baugh but he was still pounds of crash and smash but neither of these men could box with him and neither coula cook write his sonnets from harvest S ships hips in harbour and other published I 1 works and I 1 have bave ins an idea time none of these coal could t teach e ach eng english sh at amherst with quite quit t the h a same effectiveness strong for boxing here is a letter from do dave morton that explains itself 1 I welcomed your emphasis on boxing for soldier training in a recent column 1 I in running the boxing at amherst all you say about parry and thrust and feint feinting ing 1 is true plus two other thing K keeping c beeping on GO balance set for offe offense m se or defense every second under der all condit conditions ionis dis discovery cry to tot b beginners egers ot of the surprising margin of endurance and it vigorous action after being h hurt met the uninitiated don I 1 know they have it they learn this from boxing th these se two things go ato to the list celime of wartime dividends ft from boxing experience at amherst boxing I 1 is compulsory now ow for every student I 1 he have I 1 50 a week taking instruction an and d mauling one another around they like I 1 it t for the most part and all of th them want what it gives condil conditioning h ordination coordination skill in offense and defense capacity for absorbing pu punishment in ahme it dont let anyone tell you yon the cot lege g a student is soft i take eight or ten hours a week and other things around the jaw and body learning that that is an exploded so myth R hes willing ilg and d he be a de ter mined romed to learn how to give and take and to be skillful as well bowings worth when over 60 year old tony bid die is willing to meet a bayonet fighter w with th bare hands when tom my lou loughran g hr n takes the bayone bayon steen on with th boxing gloves you get the main idea there is still another idea that c can be added to t chii h 14 list brought ON out by another old friend known as jack dempsey lieutenant dempsey could never hit a line throw a pass or of ev even mue take time to read a sonnet much h les lehs c compose one but the old manassa manana mauler had mother another good reason lor for boxi boxing ings s worth the 1 big I help jack saya say is cordene idene it the confidence co it brings b rings to these fellows they seem esno to tow think hul they are alb dubs at the start and d a most meet of them ar are R tibi aib 1 ija dont know a right lob hand from a left f hand but after two rf weeks w when en they t find nd they can take is ke i a punch and c can f jf ihira 9 throw a few they y w differt are different guys guy s L J they lo 10 look ok y you u in ama iama i the eye I 1 in a differ jack dempsey ent way I 1 ve seen some of these boys hurt from a punch and I 1 ma made de the them top stop for a rest they don t hk like to be b stopped they we want or it to prove they can get hurt and still keep swinging and I 1 in now talking about clumpy chuy look lk ing starters who could t even eh chin themselves twice taice when they came to camp i untapped mines this country is full of possible stars and potential athletes who h have never had a chance to prove their place in the shining sun am of competition there has been entirely too much concentration r n on the few who as football p players ano y ors fighters or baseball pi players ra could old attract tt t crowds crowd at the gate some me stars had more colow color than others ari a although stra they may not met hap have been better athletes ad etes T the he b buildup build it up always has been beem imp important or tant |